An adult femaleFernandina Giant Tortoise was found on the Galápagos Island of Fernandina after more than 100 years without a confirmed sighting.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
Texas dad faces felony for slapping stepdaughter’s 12-year-old bully, police say
James Peace, 37, allegedly slapped the boy “with such severity” that it knocked his headphones out of his ear, police in Deer Park, Texas, say.
‘Zombie’ deer disease is in 24 states and thousands of infected deer are eaten each year, expert warns
“We are in an unknown territory situation,” infectious disease expertMichael Osterholm said of chronic wasting disease.
Son allegedly killed parents and their housekeeper in upscale Southern California community
Camden Burton Nicholson, a 27-year-old from Newport Beach, California, was arrested Wednesday for the triple homicide, the city’s police said.
From discovering water to snapping selfies: The lasting memories of Mars rover Opportunity
NASA announced Wednesday the Mars rover was deemed dead after it hadn’t communicated in over eight months. Here are some of its greatest discoveries
Substitute teacher resigns after telling class Martin Luther King Jr. killed himself
Lisa Luten, the communications director for Wake County public schools in North Carolina, confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday that the teacher resigned.
Cold case: After 30 years, mother arrested in killing of missing 3-year-old son
Francillon Pierre, 3, first went missing in 1986 after his mother Amy Elizabeth Fleming, 60, reported he disappeared at a Las Vegas swap meet.
Two endangered tigers were supposed to mate. But it turned deadly instead, zoo says
Sumatran tigers Asim andMelati were being introduced with hopes they would mate in the future when, instead, Asim killedMelati, the London Zoo said.
Facebook status: Divorced. Why millennials ‘killed’ how you decouple in the digital age
While younger people are bringing down the divorce rate, millennials who get divorced face new challenges that come with splitting in the digital era.
‘The Doodler’ killed 5 gay men in 1970s San Francisco. Police just released new info on him
In a plea for tips from the public, San Francisco police released a new sketch of what the “Doodler” suspect may look like today.